Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

Wojtek wrote:
>> The method add() in the EnumSet implementation ALWAYS throws an
>> UnsupportedOperationException, so it cannot be used.

Zig wrote:
> This sounds inconsistent with my knowledge, have you tried this?

The hoes say about EnumSet#add():
> This implementation always throws an UnsupportedOperationException.

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EnumSet and varargs
 

Given the following:

------------------
public class Foo
{
public enum Bar
{
ONE,TWO,THREE,FOUR;
}

private String myTitle;
private EnumSet<Bar> myBars;

public Foo( String title, Bar... bars)
{
super();

myTitle = title;
myBars = EnumSet.<Bar> ??( bars );
}
}
------------------

What method can I use in the place of the two question marks? How do I
get "bars" into "myBars"?

There is no method which ONLY takes a vararg as an argument. The
closest is
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...html#of(E,%20E...)
, but it needs an initial single parameter. null is not an option.

The method add() in the EnumSet implementation ALWAYS throws an
UnsupportedOperationException, so it cannot be used.

Note: the "title" is useless here, but that is the signature, so I
included it.

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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

Wojtek wrote:
> What method can I use in the place of the two question marks? How do I
> get "bars" into "myBars"?

EnumSet.copyOf(Arrays.asList(bars));

That should do the trick.

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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

In article <mn.83e77d89a7e2c7f2.70216@a.com>, Wojtek <nowhere@a.com>
wrote:

[...]
> What method can I use in the place of the two question marks? How do
> I get "bars" into "myBars"?

List<Bar> list = Arrays.asList(bars);
myBars = EnumSet.<Bar>copyOf(list);

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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:39:51 GMT, Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> wrote, quoted
or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>closest is
>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...html#of(E,%20E...)
>, but it needs an initial single parameter. null is not an option.

All those variants are just ways of handling a EnumSet with a small
number of elements more efficiently. You are not supposed to look so
closely, just provide 1 to n arguments separated by commas. The
trouble comes when you want to feed it an array. They are just
simulatining a single E...


I suggest you consider copyOf( Arrays.asList( array ) ) ;
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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

Wojtek wrote:

> What method can I use in the place of the two question marks? How do I
> get "bars" into "myBars"?
>
> There is no method which ONLY takes a vararg as an argument. The closest
> is
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...html#of(E,%20E...)
> , but it needs an initial single parameter. null is not an option.
>

Well it's a set. So you can use some tricks. If you can guarantee at
least one item in bars, you can use it. Otherwise, you have an empty set.

if( bars.length > 0 )
myBars = EnumSet.of( bars[0], bars );
else
myBars = EnumSet.noneOf( Bar.class );

The fact that you include the first element of bars twice doesn't
matter, because it's a *set*. (I'm not sure of syntax of that last
line, better check it.)


Just being different from everyone else...

Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

In article <rlo0d41ho6nt85m5jfjibuske8f5stl7hq@4ax.com>,
Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:39:51 GMT, Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> wrote, quoted
> or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>
> >closest is
> >http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...html#of(E,%20E...)
> >, but it needs an initial single parameter. null is not an option.
>
> All those variants are just ways of handling an EnumSet with a small
> number of elements more efficiently.
[...]

Wojtek : In addition to the vararg constructor, consider offering an
EnumSet constructor. This would allow clients to use EnumSet's set
operations, e.g. union, intersection, complement, etc:

<code>
import java.util.*;

public class EnumTest {

enum Bar { ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR; }

public EnumTest(EnumSet<Bar> bars) {
showBars(bars);
}

public EnumTest(Bar... bars) {
List<Bar> barList = Arrays.asList(bars);
EnumSet<Bar> barSet = EnumSet.copyOf(barList);
showBars(barSet);
}

private static void showBars(EnumSet<Bar> bars) {
for (Bar b : bars) System.out.print(b.name() + " ");
System.out.println();
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
EnumTest test1 = new EnumTest(
EnumSet.complementOf(EnumSet.of(Bar.THREE)));
Bar[] bars = { Bar.ONE, Bar.TWO, Bar.FOUR };
EnumTest test2 = new EnumTest(bars);
}
}
</code>

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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

Zig wrote :
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:39:51 -0400, Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> What method can I use in the place of the two question marks? How do I get
>> "bars" into "myBars"?
>
> I think Joshua has answered your question on this...
>
>> The method add() in the EnumSet implementation ALWAYS throws an
>> UnsupportedOperationException, so it cannot be used.
>
> This sounds inconsistent with my knowledge, have you tried this?

Yes. At first glance it seemed the way to go. I had a loop which added
the "bars" one by one. When I ran it, it threw that exception. I use
Eclipse, and hovering over "add" showed a Javadoc which stated that the
exception was always thrown.

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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

Mark Space wrote :
> Wojtek wrote:
>
>> What method can I use in the place of the two question marks? How do I get
>> "bars" into "myBars"?
>>
>> There is no method which ONLY takes a vararg as an argument. The closest is
>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...html#of(E,%20E...)
>> , but it needs an initial single parameter. null is not an option.
>>
>
> Well it's a set. So you can use some tricks. If you can guarantee at least
> one item in bars, you can use it. Otherwise, you have an empty set.
>
> if( bars.length > 0 )
> myBars = EnumSet.of( bars[0], bars );
> else
> myBars = EnumSet.noneOf( Bar.class );
>
> The fact that you include the first element of bars twice doesn't matter,
> because it's a *set*. (I'm not sure of syntax of that last line, better
> check it.)

I had thought of this as I drove home (dang, I need a laptop in my
car).

> Just being different from everyone else...

I like variations...

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Re: EnumSet and varargs
 

Zig wrote :
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:39:09 -0400, Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> wrote:
>
>>>> The method add() in the EnumSet implementation ALWAYS throws an
>>>> UnsupportedOperationException, so it cannot be used.
>>>
>>> This sounds inconsistent with my knowledge, have you tried this?
>>
>> Yes. At first glance it seemed the way to go. I had a loop which added the
>> "bars" one by one. When I ran it, it threw that exception.
>
> Interesting. This is my test:
>
> import java.util.*;
> import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
>
> public class EnumFiddling {
> public static void main(String[] args) {
> //empty collection
> EnumSet<TimeUnit> units=EnumSet.noneOf(TimeUnit.class);

<slaps forehead>

I forgot to initialize the EnumSet :-(

Ok, my only excuse is that it was the end of the day. And I am sticking
to that story...

> System.out.println(units);
>
> //add one element
> units.add(TimeUnit.SECONDS);
> System.out.println(units);
>
> //add a sequence of elements
> Collections.addAll(units,
> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
> TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS);
> System.out.println(units);
> }
> }


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